James Nathan Browning

Full Name: James Nathan Browning
Date of birth: March 13, 1850
Date of death: November 9, 1921

Terms of Service
Biographical Notes
Committee Information

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Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Counties in District
H	43	Jan 13, 1891 - Jan 10, 1893	22nd ⁽¹⁾	Democrat	Clarendon / Donley	Andrews, Archer, Armstrong, Bailey, Baylor, Borden, Briscoe, Callahan, Carson, Castro, Childress, Cochran, Collingsworth, Cottle, Crosby, Dallam, Dawson, Deaf Smith, Dickens, Donley, Fisher, Floyd, Gaines, Garza, Gray, Hale, Hall, Hansford, Hardeman, Hartley, Haskell, Hemphill, Hockley, Howard, Hutchinson, Jones, Kent, King, Knox, Lamb, Lipscomb, Lubbock, Lynn, Martin, Mitchell, Moore, Motley, Nolan, Ochiltree, Oldham, Parmer, Potter, Randall, Roberts, Scurry, Shackelford, Sherman, Stonewall, Swisher, Taylor, Terry, Throckmorton, Wheeler, Wichita, Wilbarger, Yoakum, Greer
H	43	Jan 11, 1887 - Jan 8, 1889	20th ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾	Democrat	Mobeetie / Wheeler	Andrews, Archer, Armstrong, Bailey, Baylor, Borden, Briscoe, Callahan, Carson, Castro, Childress, Cochran, Collingsworth, Crosby, Dallam, Dawson, Deaf Smith, Dickens, Donley, Fisher, Floyd, Gaines, Garza, Gray, Hale, Hall, Hansford, Hardeman, Hartley, Haskell, Hemphill, Hockley, Howard, Hutchinson, Jones, Kent, King, Knox, Lamb, Lipscomb, Lubbock, Lynn, Martin, Mitchell, Moore, Motley, Nolan, Ochiltree, Oldham, Parmer, Potter, Randall, Roberts, Scurry, Shackelford, Sherman, Stonewall, Swisher, Taylor, Terry, Throckmorton, Wheeler, Wichita, Wilbarger, Yoakum, Greer
H	43	Jan 13, 1885 - Jan 11, 1887	19th	Democrat	Mobeetie / Wheeler	Andrews, Archer, Armstrong, Bailey, Baylor, Borden, Briscoe, Callahan, Carson, Castro, Childress, Cochran, Collingsworth, Crosby, Dallam, Dawson, Deaf Smith, Dickens, Donley, Fisher, Floyd, Gaines, Garza, Gray, Hale, Hall, Hansford, Hardeman, Hartley, Haskell, Hemphill, Hockley, Howard, Hutchinson, Jones, Kent, King, Knox, Lamb, Lipscomb, Lubbock, Lynn, Martin, Mitchell, Moore, Motley, Nolan, Ochiltree, Oldham, Parmer, Potter, Randall, Roberts, Scurry, Shackelford, Sherman, Stonewall, Swisher, Taylor, Terry, Throckmorton, Wheeler, Wichita, Wilbarger, Yoakum, Greer
H	43	Jan 9, 1883 - Jan 13, 1885	18th ⁽⁴⁾ ⁽⁵⁾ ⁽⁶⁾	Democrat	Mobeetie / Wheeler	Andrews, Archer, Armstrong, Bailey, Baylor, Borden, Briscoe, Callahan, Carson, Castro, Childress, Cochran, Collingsworth, Crosby, Dallam, Dawson, Deaf Smith, Dickens, Donley, Fisher, Floyd, Gaines, Garza, Gray, Hale, Hall, Hansford, Hardeman, Hartley, Haskell, Hemphill, Hockley, Howard, Hutchinson, Jones, Kent, King, Knox, Lamb, Lipscomb, Lubbock, Lynn, Martin, Mitchell, Moore, Motley, Nolan, Ochiltree, Oldham, Parmer, Potter, Randall, Roberts, Scurry, Shackelford, Sherman, Stonewall, Swisher, Taylor, Terry, Throckmorton, Wheeler, Wichita, Wilbarger, Yoakum, Greer

(1) Democrat. Biennial Report of the Secretary of State of the State of Texas: List of Senators and Representatives.
(2) James N. Browning, Mobeetie. Roster of senators and representatives of the 20th Legislature with their postoffice address, Austin Weekly Statesman, "Governmental," 12/30/1886, p. 6. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).
(3) "In 1888, he [Browning] moved from Mobeetie to Clarendon, Donley county." Year Book for Texas, 1901, 1902.
(4) Clarendon, Donley County. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
(5) Democrat. Pocket Directory of the Eighteenth Legislature of Texas, 1883.
(6) Mobeetie, Wheeler County. Texas Legislative Manual, 1882-83, 1883.

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House District 43
Jan 13, 1891 - Jan 10, 1893
Legislatures: 22nd ⁽¹⁾
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Clarendon / Donley
Counties in district: Andrews, Archer, Armstrong, Bailey, Baylor, Borden, Briscoe, Callahan, Carson, Castro, Childress, Cochran, Collingsworth, Cottle, Crosby, Dallam, Dawson, Deaf Smith, Dickens, Donley, Fisher, Floyd, Gaines, Garza, Gray, Hale, Hall, Hansford, Hardeman, Hartley, Haskell, Hemphill, Hockley, Howard, Hutchinson, Jones, Kent, King, Knox, Lamb, Lipscomb, Lubbock, Lynn, Martin, Mitchell, Moore, Motley, Nolan, Ochiltree, Oldham, Parmer, Potter, Randall, Roberts, Scurry, Shackelford, Sherman, Stonewall, Swisher, Taylor, Terry, Throckmorton, Wheeler, Wichita, Wilbarger, Yoakum, Greer

House District 43
Jan 11, 1887 - Jan 8, 1889
Legislatures: 20th ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Mobeetie / Wheeler
Counties in district: Andrews, Archer, Armstrong, Bailey, Baylor, Borden, Briscoe, Callahan, Carson, Castro, Childress, Cochran, Collingsworth, Crosby, Dallam, Dawson, Deaf Smith, Dickens, Donley, Fisher, Floyd, Gaines, Garza, Gray, Hale, Hall, Hansford, Hardeman, Hartley, Haskell, Hemphill, Hockley, Howard, Hutchinson, Jones, Kent, King, Knox, Lamb, Lipscomb, Lubbock, Lynn, Martin, Mitchell, Moore, Motley, Nolan, Ochiltree, Oldham, Parmer, Potter, Randall, Roberts, Scurry, Shackelford, Sherman, Stonewall, Swisher, Taylor, Terry, Throckmorton, Wheeler, Wichita, Wilbarger, Yoakum, Greer

House District 43
Jan 13, 1885 - Jan 11, 1887
Legislatures: 19th
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Mobeetie / Wheeler
Counties in district: Andrews, Archer, Armstrong, Bailey, Baylor, Borden, Briscoe, Callahan, Carson, Castro, Childress, Cochran, Collingsworth, Crosby, Dallam, Dawson, Deaf Smith, Dickens, Donley, Fisher, Floyd, Gaines, Garza, Gray, Hale, Hall, Hansford, Hardeman, Hartley, Haskell, Hemphill, Hockley, Howard, Hutchinson, Jones, Kent, King, Knox, Lamb, Lipscomb, Lubbock, Lynn, Martin, Mitchell, Moore, Motley, Nolan, Ochiltree, Oldham, Parmer, Potter, Randall, Roberts, Scurry, Shackelford, Sherman, Stonewall, Swisher, Taylor, Terry, Throckmorton, Wheeler, Wichita, Wilbarger, Yoakum, Greer

House District 43
Jan 9, 1883 - Jan 13, 1885
Legislatures: 18th ⁽⁴⁾ ⁽⁵⁾ ⁽⁶⁾
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Mobeetie / Wheeler
Counties in district: Andrews, Archer, Armstrong, Bailey, Baylor, Borden, Briscoe, Callahan, Carson, Castro, Childress, Cochran, Collingsworth, Crosby, Dallam, Dawson, Deaf Smith, Dickens, Donley, Fisher, Floyd, Gaines, Garza, Gray, Hale, Hall, Hansford, Hardeman, Hartley, Haskell, Hemphill, Hockley, Howard, Hutchinson, Jones, Kent, King, Knox, Lamb, Lipscomb, Lubbock, Lynn, Martin, Mitchell, Moore, Motley, Nolan, Ochiltree, Oldham, Parmer, Potter, Randall, Roberts, Scurry, Shackelford, Sherman, Stonewall, Swisher, Taylor, Terry, Throckmorton, Wheeler, Wichita, Wilbarger, Yoakum, Greer

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Biographical Sketches

BROWNING, JAMES NATHAN (1850-1921). "In 1881 Browning resigned as county attorney and moved to Mobeetie, where he was appointed attorney of the Thirty-fifth Judicial District by Governor Oran M. Roberts." Handbook of Texas Online.
History of cemetery, including biography of James Nathan Browning. Interment at Llano Cemetery, Amarillo, 11/12/1921. Llano Cemetery Association.
Biographical sketch, J.B. Browning, pp. 11-12. Personnel of the Texas State Government for 1885, 19th Legislature, 1885.
Biographical sketch and portrait, James Nathan Browning, pp. 112-114. Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Distinguished Texans, 20th Legislature, 1887.
Biographical sketch, J.N. Browning, pp. 289-290. Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Representative Men of Texas, 22nd Legislature, 1892.
20th Lieutenant Governor: James Nathan Browning. Photo and biographical sketch. Presiding Officers of the Texas Legislature, 1846-2016, 2016.
Biographical sketch, J.M. Browning, pp. 259-260. Texas Legislative Manual, 1882-83, 1883.
Portrait and biographical sketch, Hon. James Nathan Browning, Volume I, pp. 272-273. A Twentieth Century History and Biographical Record of North and West Texas, 1906.
Biographical sketch and portrait, Lieutenant Governor James N. Browning, pp. 2-4. The Twenty-Seventh Legislature and State Administration of Texas, 1901.
Biographical sketch and portrait, J.N. Browning, Lieutenant Governor, pp. 35-36. Year Book for Texas, 1901, 1902.

Other Resources

Photo, Judge James Nathan Browning Historical Marker. Amarillo Public Library Photoarchive Collection, 2004.
James N. Browning, birth date 3/13/1850 in Arkansas; death date 11/9/1921 in Amarillo, Potter County, Texas; attorney. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1977.
James Nathan Browning, birth date 3/16/1850, death date 11/9/1921, burial in Llano Cemetery, Amarillo, Randall County. Find a Grave.
Mentioned in GRASS-LEASE FIGHT. Handbook of Texas Online.
Historical marker, Homesite of Judge James Nathan Browning, Amarillo, Potter County. Texas Historic Sites Atlas (Texas Historical Commission).

Photographs

Photograph. J.N. Browning, 19th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. J.N. Browning, 18th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. James Nathan Browning, Presiding Officers of the Texas Legislature, 1846-2006

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

18th session composite photo of House members (House chamber vestibule, east wall. 2W.V1). State Preservation Board.
19th session composite photo of House members (House chamber vestibule, west wall. 2W.V1). State Preservation Board.
20th session composite photo of House members (Ground floor elevator vestibule, north wall. GW.V3). State Preservation Board.
22nd session composite photo of House members (Ground floor elevator vestibule, north wall. GW.V3). State Preservation Board.

Committee Information top

22nd R.S. - 1891 Article 5, Constitution of the State of Texas Civil Courts of Appeal, Locations for Holding Irrigation Judiciary No. 1 (Chair) Penitentiaries Representation and Apportionment on Congressional Districts
20th R.S. - 1887 Capitol Dedication Arrangements Indian Affairs Judiciary No. 1 (Chair) New Capitol, Governor's Message Privileges and Elections Proposition by T.H. Wheless, Stenographic Report of the Proceedings of the Legislature Public Lands and Land Office Revision of Rules
19th R.S. - 1885 Indian Affairs Judiciary No. 1 Memorial Resolutions for Hons. J.P. Ayres, J.B. Davis, and George Meriwether, Members of the Eighteenth Legislature Public Land and Land Office Stock and Stock Raising (Chair)
18th R.S. - 1883 Fence Cutting Indian Affairs Public Lands and Land Office Stock and Stockraising (Chair)

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